Neighbour exercising outside at 10.30pm to 11pm

[skippedtodistraction]

Loudly. He is very serious about his exercise, he groans loudly, and yells when he smacks himself accidentally with the skipping rope. Asking nicely has not helped the situation. It keeps dc awake, as is right outside their room. They have a back garden they could use, and a front garden but choose to skip outside the two adjoining houses. It's entertaining when the rope smacks him but he complains if we look at him and tells dc to close the curtains.

Can we do anything?

Sorry OP, sounds frustrating but it's cracking me up picturing this.

Film him then shame him on your local Facebook group and Next Door page.

You could pour a few buckets of water on the ground just before he comes out. He will get a splash back each times he jumps.

Well for a start he was wearing cycling shorts a vest and sweat band thing round his head, doing some sort of martial art bullshit all on his own. Now I don’t care what he does but teenagers on the other hand might not have my restraint. Twat.

If he's going to do it outside your dc's bedroom window rather than in his own garden, he has a cheek telling them to close the curtains. It's none of his business what they do with the curtains in their own house. Also very inconsiderate to carry on doing it there when he knows it keeps them awake. Maybe they should loudly complain that they have been woken up by the noise and then open the curtains or keep complaining loudly for the full half hour each time he does it.

@purplecorkheart

You could pour a few buckets of water on the ground just before he comes out. He will get a splash back each times he jumps.

Good idea! Or, a bit yuck, but a few strategically placed dog poos for a few days.

You are all making me laugh. My friend has the same issue but her neighbour wears some kind of altitude training mask when he skips. Maybe these two are part of some kind of skipping cult

I've got popcorn so next time he's out we will be ready!

get chairs take them in front garden & watch & do quiet (!) whispers in dp/dh ear (make a real performance of this) whilst stopping & staring at him

You need this, my friend.

I was thinking of points cards like on strictly.

@skippedtodistraction

He says it's his routine and as it's a public street he can do as he pleases.

And since yours is a private property you can equally do as you please. Pull up seats, hand out popcorn and drinks and have a family gathering to watch his "show" every night.

If you're feeling especially bold make score cards and give him marks out of 10.

I think you should get the kids to echo his groans and his grunts. A loud chorus to accompany him. See if you can get the neighbours involved. Make it like clapping for the NHS - a community activity.

Sit at the window, with the children and watch him. Get the kids to laugh every time he smacks himself
Brilliant! In fact send him round here/we could do with the entertainment 😀

I bet he’s doing it there, because his wife/partner has told him to fuck off and stop annoying her, with the skipping.

Why are you laughing at him, he want's to keep fit. The whacking skipping rope and his bit of noise is not going to be that bad. And his time slot for skipping is quite ok., unless there are rules for no skipping at that time.

@1forAll74

Why are you laughing at him, he want's to keep fit. The whacking skipping rope and his bit of noise is not going to be that bad. And his time slot for skipping is quite ok., unless there are rules for no skipping at that time.

Because he’s being a selfish twat and wakening the OP’s children. He also has the cheek to tell her children not to look out of their window. Why do you think he’s not a twat?

he complains if we look at him and tells dc to close the curtains.

He says it's his routine and as it's a public street he can do as he pleases.

Well, he can’t have it both ways, can he?

If he can do as he pleases because it’s a public street, then other people can watch him if they please because it’s a public street.

If he wants to have privacy when he’s exercising, he shouldn’t exercise on a public street.

I do think it'd be better long term to just teach your kids to live and let live, he is only skipping.

I'd be pretty if I saw a parent not telling their kids not state tbh.

I go nuclear when it's serious but I think the op is coming across like the odd one here, and for what purpose?

Sorry, not state = not to stare

Comments on guy in the park are harsh. Surely parks are for public use and exercising in one shouldn't mean you get labelled a twat.

You didn’t see him.

10:30pm is too late to be doing that kind of exercise. They are waking the kids up. I'm surprised that some think that noisy exercise is ok when this is generally a site where people expect quiet by 8ish.
I'd love to have the gumption to laugh and eat popcorn while he grunted away.

It's one of those very thin ropes. The plastic coated metal types that whoosh. He skips very fast and it's audible through the double glazing on the attic level. Whoosh whoosh whack whack OOWWWW! ARRRRRGGGGHH! It's quite the drama when he whacks himself with it. Neighbours at the end of the street can hear him. He's a PITA.

He's a single 20 year old living with his parents.

Obviously I'm just jealous that I can't skip as fast or for as long.

Why not have evening drinks from 10.30 in your front garden. Drinks and a show!

Obviously I'm just jealous that I can't skip as fast or for as long.

How old is your oldest DC? As it is summer holidays I would be tempted to not only watch for a few days, possibly with drinks, but then get the oldest DC to go outside with a skipping rope and take the piss.